Lyric: "Mercies of the Wind"
Mercies of the Wind
VERSE:
We hope and pray that love is true. -- We all love love when it’s shiny and new.
Sometimes love means saying goodbye. -- Sometimes love’s just a God damned lie.
CHORUS:
We trust our hopes. -- to the mercies of the wind.
Throw dust into the hurricane, -- try to gather it all back again.
Dee dee dee dee dee dee. Truth and illusion. Faith and confusion. Lies and Delusions. Of love.
VERSE:
God knows that life's not fair. -- Some even say that God doesn't care.
If God's great love is everywhere, -- shouldn't there be a little love to spare?
CHORUS:
We trust our hopes. -- to the mercies of the wind.
Throw dust into the hurricane, -- try to gather it all back again.
Musical Refrain without lyrics here:
VERSE:
Maybe one day I’ll find a key. -- Unlock love’s door. Live happy and free.
Just this once, I’d like to see. -- Love take a chance on a loser like me.
CHORUS:
We trust our hopes -- to the mercies of the wind.
Throw dust into the hurricane -- try to gather it all back again.
Truth and illusion. Faith and confusion. Lies and delusions. Of love.
VERSE:
Trusting hearts are easy to fool. -- Lessons of life, they don’t teach us in school.
Life’s not easy. Love can be cruel. -- Can’t blindly trust in a golden rule.
Comments
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Excellent lyrics here, some great lines.
The one that stood out for me was:
"Throw dust into the hurricane -- try to gather it all back again.", brilliant.
Didn't get the dee dee bit though, seemed out of place and threw me.
Good piece, are you putting it to music by any chance.
Sid
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The song was written to an extremely well known instrumental from the sixties. The "dee dee dee" was just a placeholder for what was essentially an extra measure of music in the song that didn't occur anywhere else. I probably should have taken it out or noted it as a "one measure musical refrain" so it woud be less confusing. Usually, when I write to an existing instrumental that I can't use, it takes a long time to find ways to re-write music for it because the original idea is so 'fresh in my mind.' In this case, this lyric is about four months old, and I've got an idea to combine bits of music from Pachelbel's Canon in D for the verses with components from the original instrumental to create the vocal melody. After I've got a vocal melody that doesn't intrude on the instrumental (I can plagiarize Pachelbel because it's public domain after all these years,) I'll be open to collaborations. Thank you for your listen and for the kind words.
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@Hardtwistmusic nice to make your acquaintance. Love this REAL and outstanding lyric; read it over a few times. And you and me both:
VERSE:
"Maybe one day I’ll find a key. -- Unlock love’s door. Live happy and free.
Just this once, I’d like to see. -- Love take a chance on a loser like me." (love it!)
Can't wait to hear the music that goes along with your 'twisted' love-song. And I mean that in a good way!
Renee aka hummer
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The Hurricane line is my favorite as well.
The switch from love to God threw me a little. I think it's Gods Love you're going for as the link here, but I'm not 100% convinced about it.
But overall it holds up nicely.
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It does seem a little bit out of place and I've been thinking about modifying it to be 'less religious sounding'. OR. . . if you could give me an opinion on this. . . what if that verse were just eliminated to allow some additional instrumentation and 'room for the music to breathe?'
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I'd probably have to hear it before making that call, but it's certainly been done before. You'd likely (though not certainly) come back on the verse rather than the chorus again, so you might find it slightly shorter done that way. But a musical interlude is a solid idea.
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